Hair cutting device

Abstract

A hair cutting device is disclosed utilizing a pair of scissors, to one leg of which is secured a first end of an elongated post. The opposite end of the elongated post includes a comb-like member which is thereby retained in fixed, spaced relationship to the cutting plane of the scissors. The post may be secured to the scissors by a threaded connection or by a spring clip and may also be made in two sections with a ball joint providing connection therebetween or by an interfitting connection. In addition, the post may be made in telescoping sections that permit the varying of the spacing between the comb-like member and the cutting plane of the scissors. One embodiment of the present invention discloses a comb comprised of a rigid base to which the post is secured and a plurality of relatively closely spaced teeth extending outwardly from the base while another embodiment of the invention provides that the comb-like member includes a plurality of relatively widely spaced, flexible teeth and a base portion to which the post may be secured. In this second embodiment of the comb-like member, the other end of the post may be provided with an integral spring clip that mates with a headed stud that is integral with the scissors.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 
     
       1. A hair cutting device comprising the combination of: a. a pair of scissors having cooperating cutting edges;   b. axially elongated post means;   c. means for securing one end of said post means to said pair of scissors; and   d. a comb-like member secured to the other end of said post means and positioned in a plane that is spaced from the cutting plane of said pair of scissors, said comb-like member having a plurality of teeth the axes of which are substantially parallel to the cooperating cutting edges of said scissors.   
     
     
       2. The hair cutting device according to claim 1 wherein said post means comprises first and second sections and universal joint means for coupling said first and said second sections to each other, one end of one of said sections being secured to said pair of scissors and one end of said other section being secured to said comb-like member. 
     
     
       3. The hair cutting device according to claim 2 wherein said universal joint comprises a ball on one end of one of said sections and a cooperating socket on the confronting end of said other section. 
     
     
       4. The hair cutting device according to claim 1 wherein said post means comprises first and second sections and interconnecting means on the confronting ends thereof for releasably coupling said first and second sections to each other. 
     
     
       5. The hair cutting device according to claim 1 wherein said post means comprises a plurality of sections that are telescopically fitted one into the other to vary the effective length of said post means. 
     
     
       6. The hair cutting device according to claim 1 wherein said means for securing said post means comprises mating threads on said post means and said pair of scissors. 
     
     
       7. The hair cutting device according to claim 6 wherein said mating threads comprises male threads formed on said post means and female threads formed on said pair of scissors. 
     
     
       8. The hair cutting device according to claim 1 wherein said comb-like member comprises a base to which said post means is secured and a plurality of relatively closely spaced teeth extending outwardly from said base. 
     
     
       9. The hair cutting device according to claim 1 wherein said comb-like member comprises a plurality of relatively widely spaced apart teeth and a base portion at which said post means is located. 
     
     
       10. The hair cutting device according to claim 9 wherein said post means is an extension of said comb-like member, said means for securing said post means to said scissors comprising a resilient clip formed on the end of said post means that is remote from said comb-like member and a headed stud that is integral with said pair of scissors for releasably receiving said spring clip. 
     
     
       11. The hair cutting device according to claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the longitudinal axis of said post means is substantially perpendicular to the cutting plane of the pair of scissors.